{"product_id":"the-rivers-and-bayous-of-louisiana-paperback","title":"The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdwin Adams Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdwin Adams Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong ago, someone wrote that the rivers and\u003cbr\u003ebayous were the great architects of Louisiana. Certainly the statement has\u003cbr\u003emajor elements of truth; for the waterways, which today total almost as many\u003cbr\u003emiles as there are miles of highways, have in eons past aided in shaping the\u003cbr\u003eface of the Land of Louis, and in historic times have determined many of the\u003cbr\u003epatterns of the State's development.\u003cbr\u003eTo the Indians these rivers and bayous offered sites for villages and places\u003cbr\u003eto fish and were roads of easy travel. To Spanish explorers they were\u003cbr\u003ehindrances to movement, hazards to be crossed. To French pioneers they offered\u003cbr\u003elocations for settlement and were highways for coureurs de bois, \u003cbr\u003etrappers, Indian traders and voyagers of commerce. To the British and Americans\u003cbr\u003ethey were international boundaries and were barriers to be forded or ferried or\u003cbr\u003ebridged in the development of farmland and timberland and other natural\u003cbr\u003eresources. Throughout the years, they were determining factors in international\u003cbr\u003ediplomacy and played major roles in the rise of economic empires. And all of\u003cbr\u003ethe men who traveled these streams developed a strong desire to possess and to\u003cbr\u003elive upon the lands through which they passed. . . .\u003cbr\u003eHere then, along the banks of the rivers and bayous of Louisiana, is found\u003cbr\u003ethe stuff of which legends and tall tales and dreams and romances are\u003cbr\u003efashioned-and where, also-matter of fact, magnificent history has been and is\u003cbr\u003estill being made. Here are the heartlands of Louisiana.\u003cbr\u003e-Edwin Adams Davis\u003cbr\u003efrom the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.02 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773627466016,"sku":"9781565544376","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fb52d7222638a7f9915e3ab4a90b9778_5c7868cd-6773-40b0-bb77-6139a9130bb1.webp?v=1780429325","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-rivers-and-bayous-of-louisiana-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}